Local Flexibility Markets – What are they and how can community energy organisations get involved?

Electric Vehicle charger

As our electricity system becomes more decentralised, renewable generation grows and demand for electric vehicles and electrified heat rises, the grid is increasingly under pressure. One solution to accommodate this strain is to be more flexible in how, when and where we generate and consume electricity. In the current market, value is predominantly placed on … Read more

An energy system vision for a community energy-led future?

A cropped illustration showing the future energy system highlighting the role for policy makers.

Estimated reading 19 minutes) The energy transition is happening, what needs to be discussed now is what it looks like on the ground and what role Community Energy plays in it. Is the Community Energy movement’s vision of the transition one in which individual prosumers are liberated to become their own energy trading entities, one … Read more